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i i SAXIFRAGE 
CKRTSOSPUNIUM 
L-^ALTERNIFOLIUM 
MEADOW 
JUFRA6L 
SAAIFRACA | : j 5 
eKANL'LATA 
6RASS lljorll 
PARNASSIA 
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AR NASS US, 
PALUSTR S 
SAXIERA6E FAMILY. (ORDER xxvi i. SAA1FRA6E/E) 
7 CALYX of 5 or 4 SEPALS, rarely more or only 3 , united at the base into a 
tube (which sometimes adheres to the seedcase) ^separating into the 
same number of teeth. 
fV / . COROU Aofmrn 4 PETALS, the same number as the sepals, in- 
' \ serted on the calyxdube (perigynous), or absent, 
i STAMENS as many or twice: 
' ' as many as the petals, insert- 
( Yd on the throat of the calyx- 
tube (perigynous). 
PISTIL of L CARRE LS,rare- 
ty 3"5 or more, uni ted i nto a 
seedmser ovary) and separating 
into as many styles as there are 
carpets, each style being tipped with 
a stigma. 
FRUIT a many- seeded capsule, i- 
cel.led or with as many celts as car- 
oe Is. opening at the top by 2. valves. 
^LOWERS generally white, in 
clusters or rarely solitary. 
LEAVES alternate or opposite, without 
,sti pules. 
D! 5T1N6U! SUED BY, in the Sri tish 
species, the flowers having the same 
number of sepals X petals, usual- : 
ly 5 , 6 tthe same or double the 
JJnumbtr of stamens, by the carpets 
toeing unitedintoasingte | 
peedcase & separat- 1 
ing into distinct j 
stvlcs. 
' n •&> 1 
ft ! 
itamens! 
sepals^ F c - a ' 
W 
•pistil Tfr 
fruit 
Parts of Meadow Saxifraqe 
